Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-28

| SAN FRANCISCO, January 2th.-Luke
Curry. who was shot last evening IN an at
| FRAY on the water front, died this afternoon.
Accounts are varied in regard to what led
| to the shooting, but it appears that Curry
and two other men, named y" lisy Hertz
and Barley Flynn, became involved IN
| fight. during which one of them drew
pistol and during the struggle it went oft
and inflicted the wound that caused Curry's
death. Hertz and Flynn have been ar
rested. Both of them are hard characters.
A Prosperous Year.
SAN Francisco, January 27th.-The Jour
nal of Commerce to-day issued its annual
trade review for the last year. Itpresents
remarkably fattering showing for Cali
fornia. The wheat product Tor the year is
shown to be 46 900 bushels, and that of
barley, 10000 bushels; beet-root sugar
product, 100000 pounds; coinage at the
San Francisco Mint, $25, 100000; value of
merchandise and treasure exported, S67,-
600 600; wool clip, 100000 pounds; wine
product, 20O00,000 gallons; quicksilver,
80 600 TASKS. Total value of products of
the State, 1902 900, 600. Banking capital of
the State, s57 10000 Increase of immi-
grafton during the year, 81 CSC persons.
Burglars Make a Clever Escape.
SAN BEINARDINo, January 27th.-A very
clever escape was effected from our county
Jail last night. Two prisoners, Carr and
Walker, confined for burglary. managed to
climb upon one of the tanks and cut their
way through the tim bers into the Assessors
office above, when they were free. The
work has a mystery surrounding it. for no
tools were found with which the men
| worked, and it is not conceivable how they
found time TO cut through the timbers
without discovery.
An Eloping Eastern Couple.
! FRESNO, January 27tb.-Three weeks ago
| a man and woman arrived here from the
East, and registered at the hotel as NJ. Pear
| son and wife. The man pretended to be
very pious, attended the Baptist church,
! singing in the choir, and has also been Civ
| ing music lessons. A detective from the
East to-day unearthed the couple, and the
man proves to be Professor Pemberton
Pierce, who eloped from Pennsgrove, New
Jersey, with Miss Fannie Yates. of Illinois,
few weeks ago. In Pennsgrove Professor |
Pierce was a Sunday-school teacher, a |
Grand Army man, music teacher, music |
dealer, ice-cream merchant and choir leader
of st. Paurs Methodist Episcopal Church,
and his prepossessing concubiue was a
| music teacher under him. In 1885 Pierce |
ran for the New Jersey Assembly on the |
| Prohibition ticket. He was composer of
several religious songs, the most prominent
of which was Crush the Curse Pierce
had music classes all through Salem county,
New Jersey, and generally employed young
lady assistants. Three of them had left |
him within the last twenty months,
and it is now alleged that he had insulted
them.
Los Angeles Items.
Los ANGELES, January 27th.-P. Ganee,
editor of lie Union Nozzle, a French news
paper of this city, was to-day held to an
swer in the sum of 500 ona charge of en-
bezzlng $500 from Baron Rogniat.
G. J. Griffith, owner of the Los Feliz
Rancho, and Miss Christine Mesmer were
married to-day and started on q wedding
tour around the word. More wealth is
! represented in this union than in any that
ever took place here.
G. c. Grail, a carpenter, attempted suicide
in the city Jail yesterday by cutting his
throat with glass taken from his spectacIes
He is supposed to be insane, and was con-
fined in Jail on that account. lie will re-
cover.
On the 2lst inst. J. J. Lee, recently of the
Catholic clergy, vas knocked down in this
city and robbed of fine gold watch. The
next day man named Murray was arrested
while trying to sell the watch at a pawn
broker S. To-day Murray was arraigned
and identified positively as the man who
stole the watch
There are now thirty-fve American sea-
going vessels at the port of San Pedro.
Safe Crackers in Stockton.
STOCKTON January 27th-The safe in
Charles Bellings' soda works was blown
open last night and SlG0 and gold watch
stolen. The thieves used drills and powder, |
and covered up their tracks.
Fresno Farmers Scared.
HANFoRD, January 27th.-A cold north
wind struck this county before daylight
this morning, and has continued all day
AT shutdown it had somewhat luiled. but
the weather is very cold. Farmers are
fearful of dry season, end outside of the
irrigatable districts are afraid to put seed
in the ground.
Santa Rosa Items.
SANTA Rosa, January 27th.-Mrs Turner. !
OF Sebastopol, had her hand badly crushed
between wheel and wagon bed on the
street She fainied and had 10 be carried
to physician's office.
Suggestions of chain-gsng have had the ;
effect of stampeding a herd of tramps who
had congregated in this vicinity.
A Fire ut Naps.
NAPA, January 27th-At / o'clock this {
morning fire was discovered in Fowler's
blacksmith shop, which was soon de- 5
stroyed, and the flames were communicated
to Borreos hay and grain warehouse. which
is also total loss. The Pacific stables also
caught, but the fire was extinguished. The
losses are as follows: Fowler g Son, So 900. !
no insurance +. Borreo, building and con-
tents, about s. GOO; aud the Palace stables,
damaged to the extent of $1,000 The in.
surance on these is not known.
The jury Disagreed.
NAPA, January 27th.-The jury in the
Vim. Williams trial for murder was dis
charged this afternoon. They were out
forty-six hours and disagreed. Eleven were
for manslaughter and one tor murder in the
second degree.
Fireman Injured.
NAPA, January 27th.-Alonzo II. Conk-
ling, fireman. at fire this morning, fell
from ladder and broke his leg.
Copper in Sonoma.
SANTA Rosa, January 27th.-A. J. Bur
nett is exhibiting fine specimens of ore
taken from some near locality The exact
spot he declines to indicate at present AS
savers say it will run Go per cent. copper.
NEW MEXICO.